--Outfielder-first baseman Jesus Guzman is hitless in his last 11 at-bats with four strikeouts and is 4-for-34 since the last day of August with three walks and 10 strikeouts. His last extra-base hit was a homer on Aug. 28 and has three RBIs in his last 38 at-bats. One of those RBIs was a game-winning, walk-off pinch-hit single against Colorado on Sept. 5. His batting average had plunged from .242 to .226 during the slump.

--First baseman Tommy Medica is 3-for-20 in his last six starts with six strikeouts and four walks with two RBIs. He was 6-for-19 start with a double and two home runs for three RBIs with a walk and six strikeouts in his first five starts.

--Outfielder-first baseman Kyle Blanks has one hit in his last 10 at-bats with five strikeouts and is 4-for-26 since Sept. 11 with no runs scored, no RBIs and 10 strikeouts. His average has fallen 10 points to .249.

--Alexi Amarista is having a season-ending slump for the second straight season. He finished the 2012 season in a 3-for-32 slump. He is hitless in his last 23 at-bats with three walks a run scored and six at-bats.

Ditto for shortstop Ronny Cedeno, who is hitless in his last 14 at-bats with one walk and six strikeouts.

The Daily Five:

--Chris Denorfia was 1-for-2 against left-handed Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw Saturday night. Denorfia has a .310 lifetime batting average against Kershaw (9-for-29). That is tied with teammate Nick Hundley for the third-highest batting average against Kershaw among players with 25 or more at-bats. The only other players with higher batting averages against Kershaw are Colorado outfielder Dexter Fowler (.421) and San Francisco infielder Marco Scutaro (.346). Denorfia is one of the few Padres hitters hitting on the plus side of his average recently. He is 5-for-16 over his last five games with two walks, two steals, a double and four runs scored.

--The tandem of Will Venable (22 homers) and Gyorko (20) mark the first time the Padres have had two, 20-homer hitters in the same season since Adrian Gonzalez hit 36 and Kevin Kouzmanoff had 23 in 2008.

--Denorfia spent the entire game in center field Saturday. He has played at least two and on 13 occassions all three outfield positions in 47 games this season.

--Jedd Gyorko had a six-game hitting streak end Saturday. During the streak he was 8-for-21 with two homers, seven RBIs and five walks with five runs scored.

--Chase Headley has reached base in 12 of his last 13 games, going for 13-for-44 (.295) with nine walks and a hit by pitcher for a .430 on-base percentage.